Must be a Lucas light.That would explain the light not working.......
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New to me colchester lathe
- Thread starter quitereal
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140mower
Don
Aye, the prince of darkness.
quitereal
Andy
Made some more progress. Wasnt happy with the wear on the jaws of the 3jaw
Ill maybe think about regrinding someday but for now Ill clean and use the 4jaw.
Got that guy on then cleaned up the gap and got that back on, still need some 7/16 socket head ill pick up next week maybe.
Then freed up and cleaned the thread dial, it looked filthy but freed up and cleaned up fast.
Also freed up and addressed the leveling legs and feet.
Had to make a couple of feet, but got it all sorted in the end.
Now Im thinking about tooling, a buddy gave me some tnmg inserts for my holder. I have a bunch of hss options as well. I started putting a wishlist of tooling into my cart but man does that add up fast. I think Ill try to get by with hss and what I have for a while.
Still happy with having it operational and making chips within a few weeks, thought it would take much longer.
Oh and I have a nice piece of 14ga that would make a perfect backsplash I'm thinking about...
Ill maybe think about regrinding someday but for now Ill clean and use the 4jaw.
Got that guy on then cleaned up the gap and got that back on, still need some 7/16 socket head ill pick up next week maybe.
Then freed up and cleaned the thread dial, it looked filthy but freed up and cleaned up fast.
Also freed up and addressed the leveling legs and feet.
Had to make a couple of feet, but got it all sorted in the end.
Now Im thinking about tooling, a buddy gave me some tnmg inserts for my holder. I have a bunch of hss options as well. I started putting a wishlist of tooling into my cart but man does that add up fast. I think Ill try to get by with hss and what I have for a while.
Still happy with having it operational and making chips within a few weeks, thought it would take much longer.
Oh and I have a nice piece of 14ga that would make a perfect backsplash I'm thinking about...
Yeh, yeh, yeh, I think I'm starting to get miffed. I got mine the summer before last and it will probably be at least as long again before it makes a chip. It's not fair. You must have a wife who doesn't dream up new hobbies for you to enjoy.
Looks good
It turn out really nice and you sure didn't waste anytime getting her done.
I didn't noticed it was a gap bed model. Bonus! I take mine out every now and then. Unfortunately I don't have a face plate and use a chuck, which doesn't leave much room in the gap area. I have a spare L0 mount, which is waiting for a donor face plate.
If you need a L0 spindle mount https://cme-tools.com/ have reasonable price and quality.
I once had an Atlas 618 which needed a major clean up similar to yours. Whenever I finished a turning job, I would wipe the ways and the rag would come out really dirty (rusty). I kept cleaning and oiling after every uses and with a few month later the rag was no longer rusty and my ways now look much better, almost new. It was like the rusty grit kept polishing the ways . LOL
I didn't noticed it was a gap bed model. Bonus! I take mine out every now and then. Unfortunately I don't have a face plate and use a chuck, which doesn't leave much room in the gap area. I have a spare L0 mount, which is waiting for a donor face plate.
If you need a L0 spindle mount https://cme-tools.com/ have reasonable price and quality.
I once had an Atlas 618 which needed a major clean up similar to yours. Whenever I finished a turning job, I would wipe the ways and the rag would come out really dirty (rusty). I kept cleaning and oiling after every uses and with a few month later the rag was no longer rusty and my ways now look much better, almost new. It was like the rusty grit kept polishing the ways . LOL